Ancient China

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Topic: Ancient China



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Higham, Charles. Encyclopedia Of Ancient Asian Civilizations. Facts On File, c2004.

Knight, Judson. Ancient Civilizations. UXL, c2000.

General titles [nonfiction, any suitable fiction]

Be sure to check the school online catalog to find suitable materials

Allison, Amy, 1956- Life In Ancient China. Lucent, c2001.

Anderson, Dale, 1953- Ancient China. Raintree, c2005.

Baldwin, Robert F. Daily Life In Ancient And Modern Beijing. Runestone Press, c1999.

Cotterell, Arthur. Ancient China. Dorling Kindersley, c2000.

Hammond, Paula. China and Japan. Mason Crest Publishers, c2003.

Leon, Vicki. Outrageous Women Of Ancient Times. Wiley, c1998.

O'Connor, Jane. The Emperor's Silent Army : Terracotta Warriors Of Ancient China. Viking, 2002.


Rees, Rosemary, 1942- The Ancient Chinese. Heinemann Library, c2002.

Tracy, Kathleen. The Life And Times Of Confucius. Mitchell Lane Publishers, c2005.

Wells, Donald. The Silk Road. Weigl Publishers, c2005.

Journals

Be sure to check the online periodical database which lists a great many articles.


“Ancient China Timeline”. Events of Ancient Civilization, 2002, p51, 4p

Bossler, Beverly.”Women's Lives In The Song Dynasty”. Calliope, Dec2002, Vol. 13 Issue 4, p26, 3p, 2c, 3bw

“Finding the past in the present”. Kids Discover, Apr97, Vol. 7 Issue 4, p16, 2p, 10c

“How the rich lived”. Kids Discover, Apr97, Vol. 7 Issue 4, p6, 1p, 6c

“The peasant poor”. Kids Discover, Apr97, Vol. 7 Issue 4, p7, 1p, 7c

Steinhardt, Nancy S.. “How a Song Builder Knew What To Build”. Calliope, Dec2002, Vol. 13 Issue 4, p18, 2p, 3 diagrams


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Ancient China

Links to many pages about China and the history.
China: 5,000 Years is the result of a collaboration between the Guggenheim Museum and the Ministry of Culture and the National Administration for Cultural Heritage of the People's Republic of China.
Clicking on the Chinese characters for each of the dynasty will bring up a list of the emperors (in Chinese) for each of the respective dynasty.
Information about Ancient Civilizations including a time line, the environment, religion, clothing, language, food, science, people and more.
Listed in chronological order.
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